RE: Video Capture Boards VS. "Retail" Computer Systems

[Brooks Lame <Brooks_Lame@mcg.mot.com>]

> Jerry, 
> 
> Slow down with the flaming.  While there is a possibility that these
> systems you mention are not 2.1 compliant, my experience (though only
> a few years) makes it difficult to accept without further explanation.
> Several times, I've had to investigate system compatibility problems
> (a specific combination of peripherals and software) where a customer
> insisted that our product was at fault, only to find that the problem
> was due to an obscure characteristic of a third party's product and
> there was nothing wrong with ours.  The fact that these other
> manufacturers are being vague in their problem statement ("they aren't
> fully PCI 2.1 compatible") is a red flag to me - where are they not
> compatible?  These video capture card peripheral manufacturers are in
> the better position to explain the problem since they have a much
> better understanding of their products' hardware and software
> intricacies.  Why don't they  provide a white paper explaining why
> their product does not work well in said systems?  It would go a lot
> further towards eliminating future problems for consumers if you gave
> a more technically focussed presentation.
> 
> Sincerely,
> --
> Brooks Lame'
> Engineer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	reporter@micron.net [SMTP:reporter@micron.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, 08 April, 1998 07:19
> To:	Mailing List Recipients
> Cc:	pci-sig@znyx.com
> Subject:	Re: Video Capture Boards VS. "Retail" Computer Systems
> 
> Graeme Gill wrote:
> > I think that in technical ignorance, you are unfairly blaming
> > the PCI 2.1 specification for your problems. There is no
> > evidence that the machines and components you mention are not
> > PCI 2.1 compliant.
> 
> You need to take a good look in the mirror, friend, when it comes to
> ignorance.
> You rather hastily "brush off" the assertions of the Truevision and
> Iomega engineers
> who insist there is a problem among certain retail brands where the
> PCI
> 2.1 Specification is being skirted.  Your unwillingness to even
> consider
> this a problem--in spite of these assertions--tells me you are
> ignorantly ignoring evidence this problem
> does, in fact, exist.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Jerry Jones